NGC 5161
| Galaxy NGC 5161 |
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| GALEX image of NGC 5161 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 13.9 s |
| declination | -33 ° 10 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | +11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.6 'x 2.3' |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.007969 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2389 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.8 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5161 • PGC 47321 • ESO 383-004 • MCG -05-32-031 • IRAS 13264-3255 • 2MASX J13291390-3310258 • SGC 132624-3255.0 • GC 3551 • h 3511 • UGCA 359 • LDCE 984 NED001 | |
NGC 5161 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 175,000 ly. The galaxy has an angular extent of 5.6 '× 2.2' and an apparent magnitude of +11.4 mag.
The galaxy NGC 5193 is located in the same area of the sky .
The supernovae SN 1974B and SN 1998E (Type-IIn) were observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 3, 1836 .